EMDR (so-called eye movement therapy)

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a psychotherapeutic treatment to process and reduce the influence of experiences of the past which are demanding in the present. Usually this treatment deals with past experiences of trauma of various kinds such as assault, abuse, accidents or natural disasters.
We call this PTSD (post traumatic stress symptoms). Both mental - thoughts, nightmares, feelings, fantasies, as well as physically - sensations and psychosomatic conditions may shape the trauma.